Overview of the events of 2018 in European music
2018 in continental European music in geographical order.
Events
Scandinavia
Top hits
Netherlands
Ireland
UK
Germany
Switzerland and Austria
France
Italy
Musical films
Deaths
1 January – Teddy Edelmann , 76, Danish singer[ 14] 7 January – France Gall , 70, French singer, Eurovision winner (1965 )[ 15] 15 January – Dolores O'Riordan , 46, Irish singer and musician [ 16] 16 January – Madalena Iglésias , 78, Portuguese actress and singer[ 17] 18 January – Javiera Muñoz , 40, Swedish singer[ 18] 20 January – Mario Guccio , 64, Belgian singer (Machiavel )[ 19] 24 January
27 January – David Zard , 75, Italian record producer[ 22] 28 January
29 January – Asmund Bjørken , 84, Norwegian jazz musician[ 25] 5 February – Zeno Roth , 61, German guitarist and songwriter12 February – László Melis , 64, Hungarian composer and violinist[ 26] 15 February – Tamara Nizhnikova , 92, Belarusian singer[ 27] 18 February – Didier Lockwood , 62, French jazz violinist (heart attack)[ 28] 26 March – Nikolay Kaufman , 92, Bulgarian musicologist, folklorist and composer.[ 29] 20 April – Avicii , 28, Swedish musician, DJ, remixer and record producer.30 April – Rose Laurens , 65, French singer-songwriter[ 30] 2 May – Herman Krebbers , 94, Dutch violinist[ 31] 7 May – Roman Toi , 101, Estonian-Canadian composer, choir conductor, and organist[ 32] 29 May – Jürgen Marcus , 69, German singer (COPD)[ 33] 4 June – Marc Ogeret , 86, French singer[ 34] 8 June – Stefan Weber , 71, Austrian singer[ 35] 12 June
26 June
5 July – François Budet , 78, French singer-songwriter[ 41] 6 July – Vlatko Ilievski , 33, Macedonian pop singer and actor[ 42] 29 July – Oliver Dragojević , 70, Croatian singer (lung cancer)[ 43] 1 August – Celeste Rodrigues , 95, Portuguese fado singer[ 44] 7 August – Dumitru Fărcaș , 80, Romanian tárogató player.[ 45] 17 August – Claudio Lolli , 68, Italian singer-songwriter (cancer)[ 46] 26 August – Inge Borkh , 97, German soprano[ 47] 4 September – Elisa Serna , 75, Spanish protest singer-songwriter.[ 48] 6 September – Philippe Eidel , 61, French music producer, writer and film composer[ 49] 9 September – Beat Richner , 71, Swiss pediatrician and cellist[ 50] 12 September – Erich Kleinschuster , 88, Austrian trombonist and bandleader[ 51] 1 October
26 October – Darijan Božič , 85, Slovenian composer[ 54] 3 November – Maria Guinot , 73, Portuguese singer=[ 55] 4 November – Roman Grinev , 41, Russian jazz bassist[ 56] 7 November – Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin , 67, Irish musician and composer[ 57] 26 November
29 November – Ulrich Leyendecker , 72, German composer.[ 60]
References
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